Senator Fred Risser, 26th Senate District, is introducing a bill banning dogs from the Wisconsin wolf hunt. Dog-wolf conflicts, especially during the denning season, are guaranteed to lead to death on both sides. By any measure, this is barbarism.

It's estimated that one in four Americans have struggled with mental illness. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell's aide's insensitive remarks about Ashley Judd are unacceptable and offensive to millions of Americans.

Recent studies have linked water fluoridation to a plethora of adverse health conditions. Georgia's mandate to fluoridate all public water should be repealed.

I would like to start a recreation center in the Salton City area because of lack of activities for teens/children to do while not in school. 3dreamnet Center will involve drug and alcohol counseling, which will be entwined with the activities. Such as.....weights, social room, movie room, and a game room. Said activities will give the counselor a basic characteristic of the teen. (Counseling not mandatory)

This is an online petition for all involved in the making of "Styrofoam Soul" to finish the project. A trailer was made to get money to make the film, but no luck. http://t.co/fr9erUGI Now with all the Indie project funding sites available ( kickstarter.com indiegogo.com) I am hoping to get it back on the table... Please sign this petition and help me get Norman Reedus to consider restarting this project ...

In a couple of weeks the City Council will vote on two major police reform bills, banning racial profiling and creating an Inspector General to provide oversight for the NYPD. But Mayor Bloomberg is threatening to veto this important legislation. In his time as mayor, Bloomberg has increased the number of “Stop-and-Frisks” six fold—mostly targeting young Black and Latino men and boys. And now he is accusing the New York Times, the New York Civil Liberties Union, and City Council Members of putting the city in danger with these reforms. In a political move we’ve seen time and again over the last decade, he used the tragic deaths in Boston last month and on 9/11 to justify policing practices that violate our civil liberties, saying “God forbid terrorists succeed in striking our city” because of these laws. Both bills are cosponsored by at least 32 City Council Members—a majority of the City Council—but we need 34 votes to overcome a veto from Mayor Bloomberg. Policies like Stop-and-Frisk and the widespread spying on Muslim mosques and college Muslim Student Associations (which the NYPD admits has never produced a single lead), degrade the police-community relationship that is needed for a safe city and turn some New Yorkers into second class citizens. We all need safe communities -- for our kids, our parents, our friends, and our loved ones. But we can't make our neighborhoods safe by violating the fundamental civil rights of our neighbors. Take action now for a better NYPD and a safer New York. Please sign this petition, and then forward it to your friends.

SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE

The proposed 80 foot / 8 story cell tower does not belong next to a neighborhood and school--they should put it away from residential areas and schools. It will destroy our historical views and our home value, as the base station will keep the neighborhood awake all night. Say NO to the variance.

There is overwhelming evidence that President Bush, Vice President Cheney, and others lied to the US Congress and the American people to achieve their goal of invading Iraq. This unnecessary war caused the deaths of thousands of US soldiers as well as hundreds of thousands of Iraqi citizens and seriously injured countless others, both Americans and Iraqis. The Bush Administration is directly responsible. No one should be above the law. For a president, through deception to take America to war is a crime without precedence. Justice demands that the responsible parties be held to account. America needs to reclaim its moral compass and its future leaders need to know that crimes, especially of this magnitude can't be perpetrated with impunity.

What Washington gridlock over the last several years has illustrated about the conflict that stalls our government is that it’s not about right vs. left, liberal vs. conservative; rather, the struggle lies between voters and the buyers of political influence. When push comes to shove, it’s usually buyers of political influence who come out on top (see the overwhelmingly passed Monsanto Protection Act, as well as President Obama’s consideration of cuts to Social Security as example of elite interests prevailing over voter consensus). What is at work to thwart our aim of self-governance is an influence gap between voters and a lobbyist/wealthy campaign donor syndicate. Through large campaign contributions coupled with lobbying efforts, they’ve wielded their considerable financial resources to disproportionately influence the decision making of elected officials. As voters, we take responsibility for this influence gap—because of apathy and our unwillingness to work together to hold elected officials accountable for selling their decision making to the highest bidders. By not demanding a limit to campaign contributions as a condition of electability, we’ve gradually allowed members of a small, exclusive establishment game the political process for their own advantage.

Thousands are losing their jobs or getting furloughed because of the cruel sequestration that congress voted in. The sequestration is the result of congress's inability to work together and agree on a budget. Congress is turning a blink eye to all the pain that sequestration is causing.

The U.S. FAA is funding an airport expansion project in the Marshall Islands that is dredging a living coral reef to get fill material. Coral reefs are important worldwide for food, recreation, erosion buffers, and more - this reef is worth much more alive than dead. Corals are already in precipitous declines globally and the U.S. should be directing money towards conservation efforts, not destruction. Not only is this project in direct violation of Executive Order 13089 (Coral Reef Protection), the silt screen the contractors were required to use is non-functioning and smothering adjacent sections of the reef with sediments and the screen itself. The local EPA has a history of mining coral reefs and serious steps should be taken to avoid this issue in the future. Alternative fill materials are available and should be used over the destruction of this valuable ecosystem. Other agencies (the Florida Deportment of State, for example) fine people for damaging and destroying coral (see the Florida Coral Reef Protection Act). Why is the FAA funding it? Please require the Department of State to apply the protection that is required by Executive Order 13089 and stop the U.S.-funded mining of a living coral reef.